Tatting-shuttle.



L. 0. BISHOP.

TATTING SHUTTLE. APPLICATION FILED FEB-8,1916.

Patented Apr. 18, 1916.

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Be it known tiat T, LEE 0. Blsrror, a citizen of the United States, residing at Great Falls, in the county of Cascade and State of Montana, have invented new and useful Improvements in TattingShuttles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in tatting shuttles.

An object of the invention is to construct a tatting shuttle having one of its side members formed with a hook at the end thereof and having a bobbin journaled on an axle between the sides of said shuttle, the cross sectional diameter of the ends of the sides of the bobbin being greater than that of the sides of the shuttle, whereby the periphery of the bobbin may be brought to frictionally engage with a surface to revolve the said bobbin on such surface by such contact when the shuttle is moved longitudinally over said surface to facilitate the winding of the thread up. a the bobbin.

A further object of the invention is to provide a simple and efiective means for locking the bobbin on the shuttle to prevent the unwinding of the thread when. the shuttle is in use and to arrange such locking means so that the same will not catch the thread to interfere with the tatting operation.

With the above objects in View the improvement resides in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts set forth in the following specification and falling within the scope of the appended claim.

In the drawing: Figure 1 is a perspective view of a tatting shuttle constructed in accordance with the present invention. Fig. 2 is a central horizontal sectional view through the same, Fig. 3 is a detail, parts being broken away and parts being shown. in section, to illustrate the manner in which the bobbin is l cked upon the shuttle. Fig. 4 is a sectional view approximately on the line H of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the shuttle" My improved tatting shuttle may be constructed of any desired material which embodies a certain and desired amount of natural resiliency. The shuttle includes two side members 1 and respectively, which are Specification of; Letters Patent.

Patented Apr, 138, fill Serial No. 76,9133.

bowed one toward the other. The side inenr bers are also arched to provide reduced ends which contact, and one of the ends of the side 1 is extended and formed with a book 8. The side members are centrally connected by a shaft 4 upon which is journaled the bobbin 5. The side or end members of the bobbin are of a diameter greater than that of the sides of the shuttle and the periphery of the said bobbin ends may be milled so that when the same are brought into frictional contact with a plain surface and when the shuttle is moved longitudinally of said surface the bobbin will be rotated upon its shaft to wind the thread thereon. the sides of the bobbin is provided with one or a plurality of notches 5', and the side 1 of the shuttle is formed with a substantially T-shaped slot and in the wider portion of the said slot is arranged the head 6 of a -locking element 7. The body or shank of the lock extends through the reduced portion of the slot and is preferably lL-shaped in plan and is adapted when the head of the lock is pressed. to bring the lock in the direction of the bobbinto engage with one of the mentioned notches. When the lock is moved in an opposite or outward direction from the bobbin the bobbin will be free to rotate upon its shaft as will, it is thought, he understood.

From the above description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, the simplicity of the device as well as the advantages thereof will, it is thought, be perfectly apparent to those skilled in the art to which such invention appertains with out further detailed. description.

Having thus described the invention, What I claim is:

In a tatting shuttle, a pair of side mem bers having contacting ends and one of said ends extended and formed with a hook, a shaft centrally connecting the sides, a bobbin journaled upon the shaft and having its end members of a greater cross sectional diameter than the sides of the shuttle, and one of its said ends notched, one of said side members of the shuttle having a longitudinally extending substantially T-shaped groove, a locking member including a head which is wholly inserted in the Wider por- One of tion of the groove and an angular body member which projects through the narrower portion of the groove, and the said lock adapted to be moved' to engage with one of the mentioned notches in the bobbin when the bobbin is to be locked against rotation upon the shuttle.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature 1n presence of two wltnesses.

LEE 0. BISHOP. Witnesses:

ANNA LYNCH, JESSYE RIILEY. 

